K-12 Cybersecurity News You Can Use: November 15, 2018

Every two weeks, Keeping K-12 Cybersecure–the newsletter of the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center–curates the best cybersecurity and privacy news for K-12 policymakers, administrators, IT professionals, and privacy advocates. The latest edition (“Censure or Celebrate Student Hackers?“) provides information on recent updates to the K-12 Cyber Incident Map, other additions to the Resource Center, and curated news you can use.

Here’s your reading list for articles published during the first two weeks of November 2018:

When schools select software with no regard for student privacy or security, students *should* speak up and demand better (“Exam Software Sparks Law Center Student Backlash“). This isn’t a new issue, but a notable challenge to the practice.

I’m pretty sure this article from Australia (“How hackers are getting inside our kids’ classrooms“) includes all of the most common hacker tropes, coupled with some interesting technical claims. Having said that, if schools are running open, unsecured WiFi networks, they are asking for capital-T Trouble.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) takes aim at Google’s conflicts of interest in determining the default features available in its Chrome browser: “Google Chrome, the largest browser in the world, has no built-in tracker blocker, nor has the company indicated any plans to build one.” (“Google Chrome’s Users Take a Back Seat to Its Bottom Line“).